Posted by Charlie Minato on June 14, 2012 ·
Gurkha has added the 4 x 30 Little Indie size to its Wicked Indie line and has begun shipping cigars to retailers. Wicked Indie launched at IPCPR 2011 and Gurkha began shipping the four original sizes to retailers in November. Little Indie is offered in two different packaging formats, a three pack and 50 count [...]
Posted by Charlie Minato on March 19, 2012 ·
Editor’s Note: And so it begins. The discussion over IPCPR media memberships, i.e. bloggers going to the trade show, started once again. David Jones of the TikiBar provided his thoughts and plenty of others chimed on Twitter. At the end of the day, it really doesn’t matter that the costs are going up or if [...]
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Posted by Patrick Lagreid on March 13, 2012 ·
March 13, 2012 (Miami, FL) — The Beach Cigar Group, makers of the super premium cigar brand Gurkha, is proud to announce that they have officially changed their name to the Gurkha Cigar Group, Inc. Effective immediately, this decision was made to re-emphasize the link between the brand and company name. “This is a natural and progressive move [...]
Posted by Charlie Minato on March 12, 2012 ·
Editor’s Note: March is in full swing. As has been mentioned a few times here before, this should be no surprise. In halfwheel news, we would like to welcome Prometheus as our newest sponsor. For the next few days, Brook and I will be meeting at the super secret halfwheel offices in Dallas, before I [...]
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Posted by Charlie Minato on November 28, 2011 ·
Editor’s Note: The first story in the news this week is surrounding a new Rocky Patel, and it’s a bit controversial. I explain the details after the jump, but it’s led to a lot of speculation amongst manufacturers, consumers and retailers as to what really went on. Truth be told, there is one common denominator, [...]
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Posted by Charlie Minato on November 7, 2011 ·
Editor’s Note: There is one story that we have chosen not to publish this week. The reason behind this is the story’s origins include information that we don’t publish, specifically wholesale pricing. Personally, I am all for the more information the better, however, wholesale pricing is not something that would better the Weekly News or [...]
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Posted by Charlie Minato on November 2, 2011 ·
November 2nd, 2011 (Miami, FL) — Be on the lookout for the Goblin as the Beach Cigar Group, makers of the super premium cigar brand Gurkha, proudly announces the release of the much anticipated ‘Wicked Indie,’ that arrives at cigar stores nationwide this November. The Wicked Indie is the first cigar release under the [...]
Posted by Brooks Whittington on October 20, 2011 ·
For those of you that don’t know… I know, I know… I promised myself I would try not to review another Gurkha cigar as long as I lived. But then, a BOTL offered to trade a Gurkha Triad Platinum for some sticks he was looking for, so I took him up on it, threw the [...]
Category: Cigars, Featured, Gurkha, Main, Nicaragua, Reviews · Tags: Beach Cigar Group, Churchill, Gurkha, Gurkha Triad Platinum, Gurkha Triad Platinum Maduro, Kaizad Hansotia, Nicaragua, Tabacos San Rafael S.A.
Posted by Charlie Minato on June 13, 2011 ·
Editor’s Note: It was seemingly on track to be a much quieter week for cigar news (in quantity it still is), and then the never-ending saga between Oliva Cigar Co. and Sam Leccia decided to show itself again. The issue is over a non-compete clause, a somewhat common thing in this industry. Sam joins [...]
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Posted by Charlie Minato on March 10, 2011 ·
Don’t say I don’t listen to our readers. Back in early February, a reader, who I’ll call “John H.” for this article, asked me if I had any intentions of doing a State of the Brand feature on Gurkha. The truth was no, we had a bunch of manufacturers that we were talking with (we [...]
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